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8 Aug 2009, 2:50 am
Thank you Senator Nelson for voting FOR Sonia Sotomayor to the Supremes: Thank you Senator Nelson for voting for Judge Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. [read post]
30 Jan 2017, 10:02 pm by Steven D. Schwinn
Check out Marc Thiessen's piece in WaPo, arguing that Senate Republicans should use the nuclear option--destroy the filibuster--for President Trump's Supreme Court nominee. [read post]
15 Dec 2017, 12:00 pm by Gerry W. Beyer
Republicans in the House and Senate have come to a preliminary agreement representing a compromise on tax reform. [read post]
19 Jul 2005, 12:29 pm
The Akaka bill [background website] is sponsored by US Senators Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka [official websites], both from Hawaii, who said the Republican majority had committed to sending [read post]
27 Jul 2005, 9:44 am
[JURIST] Republican members of the Senate Judiciary committee [official website] and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) [official profile] have urged committee chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) [official profile] to begin confirmation hearings on US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts during Congress' August recess, rather than after September 5 when the body reconvenes. [read post]
29 Jan 2006, 5:05 pm
[JURIST] Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) [official website], a Republican member of the US Senate Intelligence Committee [official website], Sunday questioned the legitimacy of the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program [JURIST news archive], casting doubt on its legality in the absence of judicial or Congressional authority. [read post]
1 Feb 2007, 9:25 am
Senate panel and the Republican-controlled Federal Communications Commission confirmed lingering tensions over the government's role on issues like Net neutrality and media ownership rules. [read post]
13 Mar 2009, 1:43 am
[JURIST] The US Senate [official website] on Thursday confirmed David Ogden [professional profile; Senate materials] as the new Deputy Attorney General by a vote of 65-28 [roll call]. [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 1:05 pm by Howard Friedman
Freedom Federation announced today that leaders of 30 conservative groups have sent a letter (full text) to Republican leaders of the House and Senate in the 112th Congress urging them not to forget social issues as they pursue economic and national defense issues as well. [read post]
14 Sep 2023, 2:54 pm by Rick Hasen
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Fueled by lingering outrage over the 2020 election within the Wisconsin GOP, Senate Republicans voted Thursday to fire the state’s top election official — a move that catapulted Wisconsin’s election agency into a legal battle over who oversees… Continue reading The post Wisconsin: “Senate Republicans fire elections chief, setting the stage for a legal fight heading into the 2024 elections” appeared… [read post]
8 Aug 2010, 5:58 pm
Senate Republicans Derail Judge Chatigny's Appeals Court Nomination": Edmund H. [read post]
29 Nov 2024, 7:23 am by Tabatha Abu El-Haj
Noah Bookbinder (former counsel for Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee) and Gregg Nunziata (formerly counsel for Republicans on the committee and chief nominations counsel beginning in 2006) in a Guest Essay at the New York Times: “Efforts to… Continue reading The post  “Republican and Democratic Former Senate Counsels Agree: F.B.I. [read post]
11 Mar 2023, 11:16 am by Rick Hasen
But she is now turning her attention to the state’s 2024 Senate contest, setting the stage for a political bounceback while worrying some Republicans who… Continue reading The post “Kari Lake Is Considering Senate Run, Making Some Republicans Nervous” appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
27 Feb 2025, 6:43 am by Rick Hasen
The move is largely a… Continue reading The post “Kansas Senate Republicans take up plan to rewrite constitution to elect Supreme Court justices” appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
27 Aug 2008, 3:13 pm
A SENATE SEAT THE REPUBLICANS RICHLY DESERVE TO LOSE: "The corrupt and contemptible Republican senator from Alaska, Ted Stevens, who first burst onto the political scene shortly after the land bridge between North America and Asia disappeared, is in fine form after winning his GOP primary. [read post]
16 Nov 2005, 12:22 pm
Arlen Specter [official website] said he planned to bring the bill up for a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee [official website [read post]
28 Jul 2005, 3:41 pm
[JURIST] Republican lawmakers in the Senate on Thursday agreed to delay the Streamlined Procedures Act of 2005 [text], a bill limiting the rights of death row inmates to extend appeals in federal courts, because of strong Democratic opposition. [read post]